July 18, 2012

Tour de France Stage 17 - Preview and Results

A Tour de France 2012 contender can lose a lot of time in the mountains. Just ask Cadel Evans, who cracked on the final climb of Stage 16, losing over 4 minutes on the Col de Peyresourde.

Stage 17 from Bagnères-de-Luchon to Peyragudes features five (5) categorized climbs including a finishing catergory 1 climb to the top of the Peyragudes in the Haute Pyrenees, another first for the Tour de France. Featuring the 3rd and final mountaintop finish of the 2012 Tour, Stage 17 represents the last opportunity for GC contenders to make their move.

Nibali, in the 3rd positon, will try again today to dislodge Froome from the second position. Froome showed a bit of weakness on Stage 16 and could crack. Wiggins could also have a bad day, but with a 2:23 lead over Nibali, it would have to be an "Evans" kind of day for Nibali to take over the lead. Those in the top 10 will try to move up a position or two, and those in the top 20 will try to make it into the top 10.

Wiggins showed some strength at the end of Stage 16, and he may want to stamp his authority on this Tour de France by taking a stage win on top of the Peyragudes. Look for it!

Tour de France Stage 17 Results

Alejandro Valverde has not had much of a Tour de France. That was until today when Valverede got in one of the early breaks today and held off a charging Yellow Jersey group to take the win atop the Peyragudes.

Meanwhile, Tommy Voekler secured enough of the points on the early slopes top all but cement the King of the Mountains competition.

Team Sky continued their "Death Star"tactics and rode everybody off their wheels by the end of the stage. 19 seconds after Valverde crossed the line, an all-too-familiar site of the dynamic duo of Froome-Wiggins crossed the line to take second and third place. Unlike the day before, when Nibilicame with them, this time he was dropped on the last climb, finishing 18 seconds behind the Sky Yellow Jersey group.

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